A 14-year-old child labourer stabbed three women to death because one of them
told his mother he had borrowed 50 Rupees (60p) from her.

The unnamed boy had borrowed the money from a neighbour after his mother discovered he had taken his 50 Rupee wages from his work at a Delhi hosiery factory instead of handing them over to her.

He had spent the money on himself but had hoped to hide the truth from his mother by borrowing from neighbour Vineet, the 30-year-old wife of a juice stand owner he regarded as an 'aunt'. But when Vineet told his mother about the loan, she thrashed him and left him humiliated, detectives said.

He plotted to kill her in revenge and when he finally found her alone in her home one evening stabbed her repeatedly in the stomach and neck with a pair of scissors he had stolen from his factory. When the victim's landlady Santra, and daughter, 24 year old student daughter Jyoti, tried to save her, he stabbed them too.

He was eventually chased into a bathroom by Santra's son and locked inside until the police arrived.

Investigating officer Darshan Singh said the boy has been remanded in custody.

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"He had borrowed 50 rupees from his neighbour and she in turn had informed his mother about the money. He was scolded by his mother, which had enraged the boy, who planned to kill her neighbour. The two other women had tried to save her during the attack but were also stabbed by him," he said.